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taken by it they are killed oft. On September 16 

 the Ear of Corn held by the \'irgin rises for Egypt in 

 the morning and the seasonal winds cease ; this also 

 appears for Caesar on September 18 and for Assyria 

 on September 19 ; and on September 21 for Caesar 

 the knot in the Fishes setting and the Equinoctial 

 Constellation itself on September 24. Then there is 

 general agreement, which is a rare occurrence, 

 bet\veenPhilippus,Callippus,Dositheus,Parmeniscus, 

 Conon, Crito, Democritus and Eudoxus, that the 

 She-goat rises in the morning of September 28 and 

 the Kids on September 29. On October 2 the Crown 

 rises for Attica at dawn, and the Charioteer sets for 

 Asia and for Caesar in the morning of October 3. 

 On October 4 the Crown begins to rise for Caesar, 

 and in the evening of the next day the Kids set. 

 On October 8 for Caesar the bright star in the Crown 

 rises, and in the evening of October 10 the Pleiads ; 

 and on October 15 the whole of the Crown. In the 

 evening of October 16 the Little Pigs rise. At day- 

 break on October 31 for Caesar Arcturus sets and the 

 Little Pigs rise. In the evening of November 2 

 Arcturus sets. On November 9 Orion's Sword begins 

 to set; and then on November 11 the Pleiads set. 



The agricultural operations that come in these Aumnn 

 periods of time include sowing turnip and navew, ^^^ation-s. 

 on the days that we have stated. It is commonly § 131. 

 thought by country people that it is a mistake to 

 sow turnip after the departure of the stork ; our own 

 view however is that it should be sown in any case 

 after the Feast of Vulcan, and the early kind when 

 Italian millet is sown, but that the time for vetch and 

 calavance and plants for fodder is after the setting of 

 the Lyre ; itis recommended that this should take place 



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